Botsford collection of folk-songs : with English versions by American poets

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Poetry on record : 98 poets read their work, 1888-2006.

Table of Contents: “…Wonder / Sharon Olds (1:38) -- The lost pilot / James Tate (1:56) -- Puerto Rican obituary : excerpt / Pedro Pietri (5:34) -- Uh oh plutonium / Anne Waldman (3:12) -- The fine printing on the label of a bottle of non-alcohol beer (1:29) ; The sweat lodge (1:11) / Adrian Louis -- Facing it / Yusef Komunyakaa (1:10) -- Logan Heights and the world / Juan Felipe Herrera (4:35) -- The Colonel / Carolyn Forché (2:44) -- The history of Armenia / Peter Balakian (3:37) -- Grace / Joy Harjo (4:27) -- Parsley / Rita Dove (4:13) -- The long meadow / Vijay Seshadri (4:11) -- The floral apron / Marilyn Chin (1:24) -- Raisin eyes / Luci Tapahonso (1:43) -- The concrete river / Luis Rodriguez (3:34) -- My father, in heaven, is reading out loud / Li-Young Lee (2:29) -- Two standards / Elise Paschen (2:17) -- I saw you walking / Deborah Garrison (1:42) -- The female seer will burn upon this pyre (1:17) ; After the gig, Mick Jagger (1:10) / Elizabeth Alexander -- Morning broke on my cabin inverted, tempest in my forehead / D.A. …”


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Excavated shellac : an alternate history of the world's music.

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National Geographic global atlas : [a comprehensive picture of today with more than 300 new maps, infographics, and illustrations].

Table of Contents: “…Europe -- Introduction -- Physical map -- Political map -- Northern Europe -- Denmark -- Estonia -- Faroe Islands -- Finland -- Iceland -- Latvia -- Lithuania -- Norway -- Sweden -- Britain and Ireland -- United Kingdom --Iberian Peninsula -- Andorra -- Azores -- Portugal -- Spain -- France and the Low Countries -- Belgium -- France -- Luxembourg -- Monaco -- Netherlands -- Central Europe -- Austria Czech Republic -- Germany -- Hungary -- Liechtenstein -- Poland -- Slovakia -- Italy and Switzerland -- Malta -- San Marino -- Vatican City -- The Balkans -- Albania -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Bulgaria -- Croatia -- Kosovo -- Macedonia -- Montenegro -- Romania -- Serbia -- Slovenia -- Greece and Cyprus -- Eastern Europe -- Belarus -- Moldova -- Ukraine -- Western Russia -- Russia -- Asia -- Asia Minor and Transcaucasia -- Armenia -- Azerbaijan -- Georgia -- Turkey -- Eastern Mediterranean -- Israel -- Jordan -- Lebanon -- Sinai Peninsula -- Syria -- Southwest Asia -- Bahrain -- Iran -- Iraq -- Kuwait -- Oman -- Qatar -- Saudi Arabia -- United Arab Emirates -- Yemen -- Central Asia -- Kazakhstan -- Turkmenistan -- Uzbekistan -- Far Central and South Asia -- Afghanistan -- Kyrgyzstan -- Pakistan -- Tajikistan -- South Asia -- Bangladesh -- Bhutan -- India -- Maldives -- Nepal -- Sri Lanka -- China and Mongolia -- Eastern China -- Korean Peninsula -- North Korea -- South Korea -- Japan -- Peninsular Southeast Asia -- Cambodia -- Laos -- Myanmar -- Thailand -- Vietnam -- Insular Southeast Asia -- Brunei -- Indonesia -- Malaysia -- Philippines -- Singapore -- Timor-Leste -- Africa -- Introduction -- Physical map -- Political map -- Northern Africa -- Algeria -- Canary Islands -- Cape Verde -- Chad -- Egypt -- Gambia -- Libya -- Mali -- Mauritania -- Morocco -- Niger -- Senegal -- Tunisia -- Western Sahara -- Eastern Africa -- Burundi -- central African Republic -- Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Djibouti -- Eritrea -- Ethiopia -- Kenya -- Rwanda -- Somalia -- South Sudan -- Sudan -- Tanzania -- Uganda -- West Central Africa -- Benin -- Burkina Faso -- Cameroon -- Congo -- Côte d'Ivoire -- Equatorial Guinea -- Gabon -- Ghana -- Guinea -- guinea-Bissau -- Liberia -- Nigeria -- Sao Tome and Principe -- Sierra Leone -- Togo -- Southern Africa -- Angola -- Botswana -- Cabinda -- Comoros -- Lesotho -- Madagascar -- Malawi -- Mauritius -- Mayotte -- Mozambique -- Namibia -- Réunion -- Rodrigues -- Seychelles -- South Africa -- Swaziland -- Zambia -- Zimbabwe -- Australia and Oceania -- Introduction -- Australia physical map -- Australia political map -- New Guinea and New Zealand -- Papua New Guinea -- Oceania West -- American Samoa -- Cook Islands -- Fiji Islands -- French Polynesia -- Guam -- Kiribati -- Marshall Islands -- Micronesia -- Nauru -- New Caledonia -- Niue -- Norfolk Island -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Palau -- Pitcairn Islands -- Samoa -- Solomon Islands -- Tokelau -- Tonga -- Tuvalu -- Vanautu -- Wallis and Futuna Islands -- Australia and Oceania flags and facts -- The Poles -- Introduction -- Arctic -- Political map -- Antarctica -- Physical map -- Sea ice extent -- Arctic Sea ice extent -- Antarctic Sea ice extent -- Appendix : Introduction -- Geographic comparisons -- Abbreviations -- Foreign terms -- Major cities of the world -- World temperature and rainfall -- Metric conversions.…”


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Working Americans, 1880-2012. Volume I, The working class by Derks, Scott

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Folk songs of the world by Haywood, Charles, 1904-2000

Table of Contents: “…(Ukraine) -- Bakhchalarda-In my garden (Crimea) -- Vorira (Kazakhstan) -- Dagestan (Azerbaidzhan) -- Kabak da boynuma-Striking a tune (Turkmenia) -- Yehrgeenkun ahmbel eh-Gray clouds engulf the sky (Armenia) -- Poland. Podkóweczki dajcie ognia-Click your heels -- Czechoslovakia. …”


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Political handbook of the world : 2005-2006

Table of Contents: “…Governments -- Afghanistan -- Albania -- Algeria -- Andorra -- Angola -- Antarctica -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Argentina -- Contested Territory -- Armenia -- Australia -- Related Territories -- Austria -- Azerbaijan -- Bahamas -- Bahrain -- Bangladesh -- Barbados -- Belarus -- Belgium -- Belize -- Benin -- Bhutan -- Bolivia -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Botswana -- Brazil -- Brunei -- Bulgaria -- Burkina Faso -- Burundi -- Cambodia -- Cameroon -- Canada -- Cape Verde -- Central African Republic -- Chad -- Chile -- China -- People's Republic of China -- Taiwan -- Colombia -- Comoro Islands -- Congo, Democratic Republic of the -- Congo, Republic of the -- Costa Rica -- Cote d'Ivoire -- Croatia -- Cuba -- Cyprus -- Turkish Sector -- Czech Republic -- Denmark -- Related Territories -- Djibouti -- Dominica -- Dominican Republic -- Ecuador -- Egypt -- El Salvador -- Equatorial Guinea -- Eritrea -- Estonia -- Ethiopia -- Fiji -- Finland -- France -- Related Territories -- Gabon -- Gambia -- Georgia -- Germany -- Ghana -- Greece -- Grenada -- Guatemala -- Guinea -- Guinea-Bissau -- Guyana -- Haiti -- Honduras -- Hungary -- Iceland -- India -- Indonesia -- Annexed Territory -- Iran -- Iraq -- Ireland -- Israel -- Occupied and Previously Occupied Territories -- Italy -- Jamaica -- Japan -- Jordan -- Kazakhstan -- Kenya -- Kiribati -- Korea -- Democratic People's Republic of Korea -- Republic of Korea -- Kuwait -- Kyrgyzstan -- Laos -- Latvia -- Lebanon -- Lesotho -- Liberia -- Libya -- Liechtenstein -- Lithuania -- Luxembourg -- Macedonia -- Madagascar -- Malawi -- Malaysia -- Maldives -- Mali -- Malta -- Marshall Islands -- Mauritania -- Mauritius -- Mexico -- Micronesia, Federated States of -- Moldova -- Monaco -- Mongolia -- Morocco -- Disputed Territory -- Mozambique -- Myanmar (Burma) -- Namibia -- Nauru -- Nepal -- Netherlands -- Aruba -- Netherlands Antilles -- New Zealand -- Related Territories -- Nicaragua -- Niger -- Nigeria -- Norway -- Related Territories -- Oman -- Pakistan -- Related Territories -- Palau -- Panama -- Recovered Territory -- Papua New Guinea -- Paraguay -- Peru -- Philippines -- Poland -- Portugal -- Related Territories -- Qatar -- Romania -- Russia -- Rwanda -- St. …”


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National, patriotic and typical airs of all lands : with copious notes

Table of Contents: “…Oid, mortales, el grito sagrado / Dn. Vincento Lopez -- Armenia. Nor oghchion / Bishop Minas -- Australia. …”


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Folk songs of the world by Haywood, Charles, 1904-

Table of Contents: “…(Ukraine) -- Bakhchalarda-In my garden (Crimea) -- Vorira (Kazakhstan) -- Dagestan (Azerbaidzhan) -- Kabak da boynuma-Striking a tune (Turkmenia) -- Yehrgeenkun ahmbel eh-Gray clouds engulf the sky (Armenia) -- Poland. Podkóweczki dajcie ognia-Click your heels -- Czechoslovakia. …”


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Notable American women writers

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Human rights

Table of Contents: “…1988 Ethnic Riots Erupt in Armenia --…”


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A day in the life of the Soviet Union

Table of Contents: “…At a traditional handicrafts factory in the Ukrainian village of Reshetilovka, women slowly weave a carpet on a massive handloom -- On the line: an air force soldier uses a payphone in Astrakhan, a city on the Caspian Sea -- In formation: A nurses' emergency brigade in Gorno Altaisk marches and sings patriotic songs before practicing procedures for large-scale civil emergencies such as epidemics, earthquakes, floods, and wars -- In Voskevaz village, Armenia -- Kindergarten children learn the mechanics of subtraction with the help of an abacus in Khiva, Uzbekistan -- A native-language school in the Siberian city of Yakutsk -- A Poltava kindergartener is temporarily banished to the hall for a minor breach of classroom etiquette -- A waiter at Yerevan's Hotel Armenia tempts customers with two bottles of Pepsi-Kola [sic] -- Never say Neva: A young man balances his child on the banks of Leningrad's main waterway -- Sure cure: Vasili Shchetinnikov traveled over 1,000 miles from Omutninsk in northern Russia to take the cure at Matsesta near Sochi -- Tots on pots: Preschoolers are communally toilet trained at the day-care center of a woodfinishing plant in the Buryat region -- Dr. …”


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Working Americans 1900-2021. Volume XVII, Teens in America by Derks, Scott

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A global history of architecture by Ching, Francis D. K., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Abu -- Cholamandalam -- Rajarajeshwara temple (Dakshinameru) -- Polonnaruwa -- Song Dynasty China -- Sage Mother hall -- Iron pagoda -- Mu-Ta -- Dulesi monastery -- Pure Land Buddhism -- Byzantine revival -- Kievan Russia -- Armenia -- Sanahin complex -- Ottonian Germany -- Speyer cathedral -- The Normans -- Durham cathedral -- Canterbury cathedral -- Cefalù cathedral -- Pilgrimage churches -- Dover castle -- Tuscany -- Cathedral of Pisa -- Baptistery of Parma -- Seljuk Turks -- Sultan Han -- First Madrasas -- Great mosque of Isfahan -- The Fatimids -- Muqarnas -- Mosque at Qayrawan -- Almoravid Dynasty -- Medieval Scandinavia -- 1200 CE -- Vrah Vishnulok (Angkor Wat) -- Angkor Tom and Preah Khan -- Kingdom of Pagan -- Sanju-sangen-do -- Itsukushima shrine -- Southern Song Dynasty -- Yingzhao Fashi -- The Mongolian Empire -- Yuan Dynasty China -- Delhi -- Tughlaqabad -- Quwwat-ul-Islam -- Tomb of Ghias-ud-Din Tughlaq -- Qutb Minar -- Sun temple at Konarak -- Hoysalas -- Vadakkunnathan temple -- Africa -- The Mamluk sultanate -- Rock-cut churches of Lalibela -- The Great Zimbabwe -- Mosques of Mali -- Europe: the High Middle Ages -- Fontenay abbey -- Cathedral design -- Amiens cathedral -- Notre-Dame of Reims -- Mendicant orders -- Castel del Monte -- Exeter cathedral -- Italian town halls -- Siena -- Republic of Novgorod -- Nasrid sultanate -- Toltec Empire -- Chichén Itzá.…”


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